Oletatav paganlike eestlaste puust jumalakuju Oleviste raamatukogus
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12637792 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Urmas Sutrop (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2004 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Pages | 127-134 |
| Publication date | 2004-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Mäetagused (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1406-992X • E-ISSN: 1406-9938 |
| Publisher | Estonian Literary Museum Scholarly Press (PUBLISHER • EE) |
| DOI | 10.7592/mt2004.27.sutrop |
| OpenAlex | W1979275633 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 1 |
Little is known about the ancient Pantheon of the pagan Estonian gods. One can find the earliest written record about the Great Estonian God Taarapita from the Chronicle of Livonia from the beginning of the 13th century. In South-East Estonia the cult of a corn god Peko was alive till the beginning of 20th century. Even a wooden Peko figure has persisted. In this paper two pictures from another wooden god attributed to the pagan Estonians are published. Eduard Philipp Körber (1770-1859) painted a wooden god of pagan Estonians in 1800. Now Körber's picture is in Johann Christoph Brotze's (1742-1823) collection „Sammlung verschiedener Liefländischer Monumente...." (part 8) in Riga. This collection also includes a comment by Brotze himself. He was not sure whether the wooden figure belonged to Estonians. This wooden figure was already mentioned by August Wilhelm Hupel (1737-1819) in 1774. In 1800 the wooden figure was held in the library of St. Olav's Church in Tallinn. The same figure is described (together with small picture) in the catalogue of the Provincial Museum of Estonia in 1875. After that there is no record about this figure. Probably the figure was destroyed or got lost in the turmoil of the 20th century world wars
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
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| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |